The Veteran's claim for a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for degenerative changes of the bilateral hands, hips, knees and feet is being remanded due to the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: Additional medical examination is required to determine the current level of severity of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative changes of the bilateral hands, degenerative changes of the hips, degenerative changes of the knees, degenerative changes of the feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0948911
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for pes planus and degenerative changes of the knees, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the pes planus claim and that there was no direct evidence linking the current conditions to service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to his failure to appear for a previously scheduled hearing. A new hearing date will be scheduled at the Regional Office.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including obtaining updated medical records and scheduling the Veteran for VA examinations to assess his current disabilities.
- Granted
The veteran's claims for service connection were granted, and effective dates of June 19, 2006 were assigned. The appeals for earlier effective dates are denied.
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